TUESLY, OCTOBER 18,
1994
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"
THE NEWLY REFERENCE IN
ALSO
AT SPEAKING
THE RECEPTION, THE
OF CHAIRMAN
STAN
SAID: 'THE SUB-COMMITTEE, DR BIOTECHNOLOGY
CHEUNG, DIRECTORY PUBLISHED BIOTECHNOLOGY
USEFUL WILL BE A PROMOTING AND CO-ORDINATING THE COMMERCIALISATION OF RESEARCH IN BIOTECHNOLOGY.
RESULTS
OF
THE
FACILITIES
SUPPORT
INSTITUTIONS,
DIRECTORY CONTAINS INFORMATION ON THE WORK AND
COMPANIES,
TERTIARY LOCAL BIOTECHNOLOGY-RELATED RESEARCH CENTRES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS.
"MORE THAN 800 COPIES OF THE DIRECTORY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO IN THE THOSE ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD RENDERED SUPPORT
OF THE COMPILATION
DIRECTORY, AS
AS WELL
LOCAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS AND MAJOR LIBRARIES, DR CHEUNG SAID.
ECONOMIC AND BIOTECHNOLOGY,
TRADE WITH
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"THE DIRECTORY WILL ALSO BE TARGETED, THROUGH THE
AT POTENTIAL OFFICES OVERSEAS, THE AIM OF PROMOTING HONG KONG'S DEVELOP INTO A BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTRE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC ADDED.
GOVERNMENT'S
INVESTORS POTENTIAL REGION,
IN
TO
M HE
TURNING
IN
TO THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME LAUNCHED
COMPANIES AND TERTIARY MAY THIS YEAR, DR CHEUNG THANKED SPONSORING
OF THE INSTITUTIONS FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
PILOT SCHEME.
"FIFTEEN
UNDERGRADUATE
PARTICIPATED
STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS TERTIARY IN THE
SOME PROGRAMME.
THESE
IN
AND TO
IN
INSTITUTIONS HAVE
OF STUDENTS HAVE THE CHANCE TO GAIN INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE IN WORKING
AND LOCAL TRADE
PARTICIPATE INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS, APPLIED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN OVERSEAS COUNTRIES SUCH AS THE UNITED STATES, TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE.
"THE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
SUB-COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED
THAT, AFTER
A REVIEW OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME, A SIMILAR INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME SHOULD BE ORGANISED NEXT YEAR.
THIS
"THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME FOR 1995 WILL BE LAUNCHED LATER YEAR,
INTEND
PLACES
LOCAL IN AND WE
TO INCREASE THE INTERNSHIP INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS SO AS TO ENABLE MORE STUDENTS TO BENEFIT FROM THE SCHEME, HE ADDED.
PROJECTS UNDER
A
TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER BIOTECHNOLOGY-RELATED THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT SCHEME, MR YOUNG SAID TOTAL OF 10 PROJECTS HAD SO FAR BEEN APPROVED.
OF THESE, SIX PROJECTS COST MORE THAN $1 MILLION COST UNDER $1 MILLION.
WHILE FOUR
RUN BY THEY INCLUDE A $9.75 MILLION BIOPROCESSING UNIT TO BE
ASSIST IN THE THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY WHICH WILL COMMERCIALISATION OF APPLIED RESEARCH RESULTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY,
AS GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE (GMP) WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE THE HONG KONG LOCAL PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS,
INFORMATION CITY POLYTECHNIC HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FUNDS TO SET UP A GMP CENTRE FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
/IN ADDITION